19th Annual Summer Shorts Festival

Carnival Studio Theater
(on the Susan Westfall Playwrights Stage)
June 12- July 6, 2014
City Theatre and Adrienne Arsht Center Present
19th Annual Summer Shorts Festival
Sponsored by
Producing Artistic Director
John Manzelli
Assistant Artistic Director
Mcley Lafrance
Directed By:
Margaret M. Ledford, John Manzelli, Paul Tei, Ricky J. Martinez, Mcley Lafrance
Choreography By:
Sandra Portal-Andreu
Starring
Irene Adjan*, Tom Wahl* Elizabeth Dimon*, David Perez-Ribada*, Niki Fridh,
Mcley Lafrance, Mary Sansone
The Playwrights
Leslie Ayvazian, Deb Lacusta and Dan Castellaneta, Richard Dresser,
Mira Gibson, Holli Harms, Arlitia Jones, John Minigan, Theo Reyna,
Paul Rudnick, Steve Yockey
Production Stage Manager: Brandy DeMil
Production Manager: Natalie Taveras
Costume Design: Ellis Tillman
Scenic Design: Jodi Dellaventura
Sound Design: Matt Corey
Lighting Design: Preston Bircher
Properties Design: Paul Tei
Assistant Stage Manager: Katherine Paez
Assistant Production Manager: Louis Brady
Photography: George Schiavone
Summer Shorts Crew: Matt Deis, Jovan Kala Hannah, Audrey Polinski, Patricia Henry,
Victor Rodriguez, Willy Leiva, Leo Davis
*Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of
Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
The taking of photographs or any other recording is strictly prohibited.
CITY THEATRE
SUMMER SHORTS FESTIVAL 2014
19th Anniversary Season
Plays are not listed in any particular order
Tornado
By Arlitia Jones
Directed by Margaret M. Ledford
World Premiere
Winner 2014 City Theatre National Award
for Short Playwriting
2013 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway
Festival finalist
Shaun Locker.......................... Tom Wahl*
Jason.................................Mcley Lafrance
Old Flame
By Mira Gibson
Directed by Margaret M.Ledford
World Premiere
Finalist 2014 City Theatre National Award
for Short Playwriting
2013 Samuel French Off-off Broadway
Festival finalist
Hannah....................................... Niki Fridh
Jack..........................David Perez-Ribada*
Henry....................................... Tom Wahl*
Sophia................................. Mary Sansone
Make John Patrick Shanley Go Home
By Holli Harms
Directed by Margaret M. Ledford
World Premiere
Finalist 2013 City Theatre National Award
for Short Playwriting
Regina............................Elizabeth Dimon*
Maria...................................... Irene Adjan*
Izzy.............................................. Niki Fridh
It's The Jews
By John Minigan
Directed by Margaret M. Ledford
Southeastern Premiere
Finalist 2013 City Theatre National Award
for Short Playwriting
Stephie Moffelese..........Elizabeth Dimon*
Arny Sibber..............David Perez-Ribada*
The Click
By Leslie Ayvazian
Directed by John Manzelli
World Premiere
Finalist 2014 City Theatre National Award
for Short Playwriting
Sharon................................... Irene Adjan*
Matt.......................................... Tom Wahl*
Halftime
By Richard Dresser
World Premiere
Finalist 2014 City Theatre National Award
for Short Playwriting
Directed by John Manzelli and Mcley
Lafrance
Coach................................Mcley Lafrance
My Husband
By Paul Rudnick
Directed by Ricky J. Martinez
Previously produced by City Theatre in
its 2012 Broward Center production of
Standing On Ceremony
Gabrielle................................ Irene Adjan*
Michael.....................David Perez-Ribada*
Joshua Consumed An Unfortunate Pear
By Steve Yockey
World Premiere
City Theatre Commission
Directed by John Manzelli
Joshua..................................... Tom Wahl*
Amelia......................................... Niki Fridh
Death..............................Elizabeth Dimon*
Chorus.................................. Irene Adjan*,
David Perez-Ribada*, Mcley Lafrance,
Mary Sansone
Shock and Awww…
By Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta
World Premiere
Directed by Paul Tei
Patrick......................David Perez-Ribada*
Stewart..............................Mcley Lafrance
The Scottish Play
By Theo Reyna
This play had its World Premiere at Mad
Cat Theatre Company as part of their
production Mixtape2: UMMAGUMMA
FORZA ZUMMA (Artistic Director, Paul Tei)
Directed by Paul Tei
Scotland.........................Elizabeth Dimon*
UK............................................ Tom Wahl*
America.............................Mcley Lafrance
Oil................................................ Niki Fridh
Summer Shorts will be performed with one intermission.
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage
Managers in the United States.
Old Flame by Mira Gibson is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Tornado by Arlitia Jones is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC
My Husband by Paul Rudnick is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
Who’s Who
IRENE ADJAN (Ensemble) This is Irene’s fifth go-round in Summer Shorts. She is an 11-time
Carbonell award nominee and has won the award three times for Funny Girl, Joseph, and
Blood Brothers. She has also been seen here at the Arsht Center in Assassins and Moscow
for Zoetic Stage. Other credits include See Jane Run (Actors’ Playhouse), Dr. Radio (Florida
Stage), Benefactors and Smell of the Kill (Palm Beach Dramaworks), Talk Radio (Mosaic),
Next Fall (Caldwell), In The Next Room, Adding Machine and The Dead (GableStage), among
others. She is also the Chair of the South Florida Equity Liaison Committee.
ELIZABETH DIMON (Ensemble) Having just closed her own cabaret show at the Plaza
Theatre and “Dividing the Estate” at Palm Beach Dramaworks, Elizabeth returns for her
8th Summer Shorts season for City Theatre. Credits include 24 years of Florida Theatre as
member of Actors’ Equity from Key West to Vero Beach and St. Pete to Naples including:
Actors’ Playhouse, GableStage, Key West Theatre Festival, Mosaic, Caldwell, Florida Stage,
Maltz Jupiter, Riverside, American Stage, Asolo, Royal Palm DT, Gulfshore Playhouse,
Theatre Zone, Theatre West and Arts Garage. She is a multiple Carbonell nominee and a
3 time winner and a recipient of the 2010 Frank Prize.
NIKI FRIDH (Ensemble) Niki is thrilled to be joining City Theatre this summer! Last year
she performed in the Silver Palm Award winning production of Shorts Gone Wild with City
Theatre and Island City Stage. Niki has worked for numerous regional theatres and some
past credits include: Hot Dog and Pool (No Water) (Thinking Cap Theatre), Secrets of the
Trade (Island City Stage), Extended Stay (The Project [Theatre]), Exit, Pursued By a Bear
(The Theatre at Arts Garage); multiple shows at Broward Stage Door, including Jeffrey and
the Carbonell winning production of Rumors. Niki is also a founding member of Mangrove
Creative Collective and appeared in their inaugural production of Paradise Motel. Niki thanks
everyone at City Theatre for this great opportunity, her incredibly talented cast and crew,
and her husband Matt for being the best partner in life that she could have ever imagined.
MCLEY LAFRANCE (Director/Ensemble) is Haitian-American and received his BFA from
Barry University. He is the Assistant Artistic Director of City Theatre and Resident Director
of Shorts 4 Kids. He is a poet, actor, director, and hip-hop/rap artist. His directing credits
include The Colored Museum (Barry University), Remembering Love (New Theatre) and
A Tall Order (City Theatre). His acting credits include Ollie in Brothers of the Dust (The
M Ensemble), Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun (Palm Beach Dramaworks) and Simon in the
Carbonell award winning play Ruined (GableStage). He thanks God and his family for all of
their love and support.
DAVID PEREZ-RIBADA (Ensemble) is excited to finally be joining the cast of Summer
Shorts with City Theatre. A proud member of Actors' Equity, David has been seen at
Actors’ Playhouse, New Theatre, GableStage, The Naked Stage, The Caldwell, Mosaic,
Promethean, Juggerknot, Florida Stage, The Coconut Grove Playhouse, The Roxy Theatre
Group, The New Vista, The Public, Florida Studio Theatre, and The Playground. The last
few years he has been branching out with directing children at Broadway Kids Studio and
at St. Gregory Catholic School. He wants to thank his incredibly supportive, beautiful wife,
Mercedes, for letting him play for a living. For more, visit dpribada.com.
MARY SANSONE (Ensemble) Mary received her BFA from Barry University. She’s the
Creative Consultant for City Theatre’s Shorts 4 Kids educational outreach program and
has contributed as an actor and playwright. Her short play Wrigleys was a finalist for
City Theatre’s National Award for Short Playwriting ‘13. Her credits include Clara in The
Nutcracker (The House Theatre of Chicago), the World Premiere of Camp Kappawanna
(City Theatre), A Shayna Maidel, The Immigrant, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and the
Last Night of Ballyhoo (Broward Stage Door). Mary sends her love and gratitude to her
supportive family and friends.
TOM WAHL (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back with City Theatre. Other regional theatres
include GeVa Theatre Center (NY), Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (NC), Blowing
Rock Stage Company (NC), Harrisburg Opera (PA), Zoetic Stage, Florida Stage, Caldwell
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Theatre, Actors’ Playhouse, Mosaic Theatre, Waterfront Playhouse and Red Barn Theatre.
Tom is a recipient of the South Florida Theatre Critics Carbonell award, the Silver Palm
Award and the Curtain Up Award. Film and T.V. credits include “Pointman” with Jack Scalia,
“Plato’s Run” with Roy Scheider, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” with Jim Carey, “Extra Large”
(Italy), “Night Screams” (Netherlands), “Big City Blues” and recurring guest star as Hunt
Pelham on ABC’s “Moon Over Miami”. Tom is a proud union member of Actors’ Equity
Association and SAG-AFTRA.
SHAYLA DURANT (Dancer) has performed with MAD Dance Miami, the A&M Dance
Ensemble and Dance Now Miami. She will be attending the Joffrey Ballet Summer Intensive
with a scholarship and has been offered a dance scholarship from New World School of the
Arts, where she will be attending in the fall.
RICARDO DUME (Dancer) is a graduate of New World School of Arts, earning a BFA in
Dance, where he studied under the direction of some of the top teachers and choreographers. Ricardo has taught dance in the local Miami community for many years now. He has
also traveled across America touring with premier dance companies such as The Atlanta
Dance Connection and the Peter London Global Dance Theater.
KATRINA TRUJILLO (Dancer) Katrina started dancing at the age of 12. She has been a
student at the Academy of Arts and Minds since the 9th grade and has performed numerous times with the A & M dance ensemble working with guest choreographers. She has
attended the Dance Now Miami Summer Dance Intensive. She has been accepted with a
scholarship into the dance program of American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)
and Point Park University summer dance intensives.
CHEVIYANTE HILL (Dancer) was born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL. He was last
seen as Camalteux in the NWSA’s production of Alfred Jarry’s UBU ROI, translated by
Mathew Glass. Before moving to Miami in 2011, Cheviyante attended the prestigious
Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Since then Cheviyante has studied at New World School of the
Arts and has been furthering his dance training at the Miami Dance Conservatory, in South
Miami. Cheviyante is very proud to be working with City Theater, and making his debut at
the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
MARGARET M. LEDFORD (Director) Margaret hails from Chattanooga, Tennessee where
she received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Speech from the University of TN and
studied Cubo-Expressionistic Scenography post WWI abroad at Masaryk University in Brno,
Czech Republic. She is a 6 time Carbonell Award nominated director and a multiple Silver
Palm winner for direction, a Carbonell winner for Lighting Design and she was the Associate
Artistic Director and Resident Director for The Promethean Theatre for 8 years. Margaret has
directed for many South Florida theaters both educational and professional, including: Nova
Southeastern University, Florida International University, Fantasy Theatre Factory, St John
for the Arts, New Theatre, Naked Stage, Mosaic Theatre, Caldwell Theatre, Florida Stage,
and Arts Garage. Margaret is a member of the Mangrove Creative Collective. Currently, she
serves as the Board President of the South Florida Theatre League.
JOHN MANZELLI (Producing Artistic Director - City Theatre-Miami) John has been proud
to helm City Theatre as Producing Artistic Director since 2011, where he previously served
as Artistic Director in 2010. Under his leadership, City Theatre has expanded programming
to its local community while seeking to strengthen its national reputation and commitment
to the short form play. To the latter end, In 2011 City Theatre launched the CityWrights:
Professional Weekend for Playwrights (now in its 4th year) to engage the national dialogue
surrounding the future of the short play form, as well as provide increased networking and
production opportunities to playwrights. In 2011, City Theatre launched The City Theatre
National Award For Short Playwriting, quickly becoming one of the premier awards in
the country of its kind. John refocused City Theatre’s signature brand, Summer Shorts:
America’s Short Play Festival to widespread critical acclaim and has launched or re-launch
many different types of programming: A Family Musical Series, Short4Kids (educational
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school touring program that brings the short play form into public middle schools), and
CityWrights: Professional Weekend for Playwrights. In addition to Summer Shorts, John is
extremely proud to have produced a series of socially conscious/issue based programs, that
center on the issues challenges and inspiration of the LGBT and progressive community.
Under this series, John has produced/directed Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage
Plays (starring Bryan Batt and Bruce Vilanch), Shorts Gone Wild (2013 Silver Palm Award
Winner) and the extremely successful musical cabaret Dirty Little Secrets, starring Emmy
Winner, Jai Rodriguez. John is an accomplished Director and Lighting Designer (winner of
the 2010 Carbonell Award for Macon City-by Marco Ramirez). John is a member of AEA and
SAG-AFTRA, and recently portrayed the recurring role of Sol Drucker on TV’s “Magic City”
(STARZ). John proudly serves as an Associate Professor of Theatre at Barry University.
RICKY J. MARTINEZ (Director) Ricky is a Miami-born “multi-disciplinarian” (acting, directing,
playwrighting, choreographing, designing, and a musician) who was educated at Miami’s
New World School of the Arts. He is currently the Artistic Director of New Theatre in Miami
where is has directed over 30 plays including World and South Florida Premieres and/or
Classics. Martinez is currently the Executive Secretary for the National New Play Network
and on the Advisory Board of the Latino Theatre Commons. He has been a panelist for
the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for six years, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation,
YoungArts, on State, City and Miami-Dade County Granting Panels as well, and a panelist/
curator for San Antonio’s Luminaria Festival. Martinez has been Carbonell nominated as an
actor and is the recipient of two Downstage Miami Playwriting Program mentorships as a
playwright; one with Arthur Kopit, the other with Tina Howe. As a director Martinez has been
invited to direct three times for the MFA Playwrights’ Workshop at the Kennedy Center’s
American College Theater Festival and the Stanford University’s National Center for New
Plays, University of New Mexico’s Words Afire Fest and recently directed Nilo Cruz’s Anna
in the Tropics at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University.
PAUL TEI (Director and Property Designer) Paul is a City Theatre veteran: ’96, ’05-08 and
is happy to be back. Paul is the founder and Artistic Director of Mad Cat Theatre Company.
In addition to Mad Cat, Paul has directed over 70 productions from Miami to San Fran, LA
to New York, Vegas to Edinburgh. A member of SAG/AFTRA, Paul has appeared on “CSI
Miami”, “CSI”, “Franklin & Bash”, “The Protector”, “American Horror Story” and recurring
roles on USA’s “Burn Notice” and Disney’s “Zeke & Luther”. Paul received his MFA in
directing from The Theatre School at De Paul University and his BA in Theatre from Barry
University. www.madcattheatre.org
LESLIE AYVAZIAN (Playwright: The Click-World Premiere) Ms. Ayvazian is the author of
8 full-length plays and 7 one act plays, published by Samuel French and Dramatist Play
Service. Nine Armenians won the John Gassner/Outer Critics Award for best new play, The
Roger L. Stevens Award, and second place for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Rosemary
and I received an honorable mention from the Susan Smith Blackburn jury. She has had
commissions from the Manhattan Theatre Club, Windancer Productions and South Coast
Repertory Theatre. Make Me, directed by Christian Parker, was produced in New York by
the Atlantic Theatre Company. High Dive was produced at the Long Wharf Theatre and
the Manhattan Class Company, directed by David Warren, and went on to be produced
in Poland and Slovakia. Her short film, “Every Three Minutes” starring Olympia Dukakis
was produced by Showtime and won a Telly Award. Her play Deaf Day was produced as a
short film in Syria last year by Rana Kaz Kaz. Her current play Out of the City has received
workshops at the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Southampton Writers’ Conference. City
Theatre has a long relationship with Ayvazian, and has produced many of her short plays,
and her full-length one woman show, High Dive. Leslie is an adjunct professor of playwriting
at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts. Her credits as an actress include
a recurring role on “Law & Order – SVU” and roles on Broadway in Lost in Yonkers and
Naked Girl on the Appian Way.
Who’s Who
DAN CASTELLANETA (Playwright: Shock and Awww…-World Premiere) is a four time
Emmy recipient for his work on The Simpsons (as Homer, Krusty, Grandpa, and others),
where he is also Consulting Producer and Writer. Dan has written for The Simpsons (including
the WGA Award Nominated episode “Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore”), and The Tracey Ullman
Show. His play A Purple Dawn premiered at Geneva College and Northwestern College in
Orange City Iowa. He, along with Deb Lacusta, founded the improv scenario group Instant
Theater in Chicago, where they wrote, directed and performed comedic one-act plays. Their
new play The Banana Tree (Bloomington Playwrights Project, 2014) was part of an improv
workshop with playwright Jeffrey Sweet. His musical, Empire Burlesque (with Deb Lacusta and
composer Laura Hall) was a 2010 Disney/ASCAP Musical Workshop selection. As an actor,
Off-Broadway: The Alchemist, (Title role) and Where Did Vincent Van Gogh? (Solo Show).
Regional: The Second City (Chicago), Nighthawks (CTG), Moonlight And Magnolias (as David
O. Selznick, Old Globe Theater), American Splendor (as Harvey Pekar, Theater/Theater)
and The Underpants (Geffen Theater). Film: Super 8, The Client, The Pursuit Of Happyness,
War Of The Roses, Nothing In Common, My Giant, Neil Simon’s Laughter On The 23rd Floor
(Showtime) and Charlie’s Angels: Behind The Camera (as Aaron Spelling, NBC). Television:
“The Simpsons” (Four Emmys, WGA Nomination), “The Tracey Ullman Show”, “The Office”,
“Parks and Recreation”, “Desperate Housewives”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “Monk”, “Frasier”,
“Friends”, “NYPD Blue”, “Murphy Brown” and “Everybody Loves Raymond”.
RICHARD DRESSER (Playwright: Halftime-World Premiere) Paul’s seventeen published
plays have been produced in New York, regional theaters, and Europe. His trilogy of plays
about happiness in America includes Augusta (working class), The Pursuit of Happiness
(middle class), and A View of The Harbor (upper class). Other plays are: Rounding Third,
which started in Chicago and appeared off-Broadway and has had hundreds of productions,
Below The Belt and Gun-Shy, both of which started at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre
of Louisville before moving off-Broadway. Also, Something In The Air, The Downside, Alone
At The Beach, Wonderful World, and Better Days, plus many short plays. Other projects
include the book for a musical, Johnny Baseball, about the Curse of the Red Sox, which premiered at A.R.T. in Cambridge, and was nominated for seven awards from the Independent
Reviewers of New England. It moved on to the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July 2013
where it set a box office record. His play The Last Days of Mickey & Jean, about a notorious
Boston gangster in early retirement, has had a number of regional productions. The Hand
of God about reality television appeared in the Denver Theater Center New Play Summit
and will premiere at the San Francisco Playhouse next season. The Handyman (now titled
Closure) appeared at Berkshire Playwrights Lab in August 2013 and is slated for production
in the summer of 2014. His most recent play, 100 Years, was recently presented at the
Key City Public Theatre’s Playfest in Port Townsend Washington. His short play Love, Dad
will be in the Boston Theatre Marathon this spring. What Are You Afraid Of? was part of
City Theatre’s 2001 Summer Shorts. He is a former member of New Dramatists and twice
attended the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. He currently teaches at Rutgers and
is on the board of the Writers Guild Initiative, which does writing workshops with veterans
and caregivers among other groups.
MIRA GIBSON (Playwright: Old Flame – World Premiere) is a playwright, screenwriter, and
director; Mira is a recent alum of Youngblood, the writers group at Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Mira’s plays have been produced at Rattlestick’s Theaterjam (Old Flame, 2013), Williamstown
Theater Festival (Nico, 2009), Ensemble Studio Theater (Master of None and The Red White
and Blue Process, 2009), Eclectic Company Theater of Los Angeles (Master of None, 2009),
The 52nd Street Project (Midnight in the Alley of One Dream), and the Midtown International
Theater Festival (Childhood Montana, 2008); further plays have received developmental
readings at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Southampton Playwriting Conference, Long
Beach Playhouse, and the Youngblood Bloodworks Reading Series. Her one-act play The
Red White and Blue Process received a commission from The Sloan Foundation. In 2012
Mira’s first screenplay, “Warfield” was produced by Summer Smoke Productions, starred her
twin sister, and screened at modest film festivals around NYC.
Who’s Who
HOLLI HARMS (Playwright: Make John Patrick Shanley Go Home-World Premiere) Holli
is a Dramatists Guild Fellow recipient, as well as, SLOAN Grant recipient. Her play Naples,
Fl was a finalist with the Great Plains Theatre Festival as well as New York’s Summer Play
Festival. Holli was co-founder of The Lexington Group – an ensemble of writers/performers who co-wrote Step In and Stand Clear (winner- Backstage Critics Award). Holli’s play
Ziploc was part of the Edgmar Center’s One Act Festival in Santa Monica, CA. Holli’s Short
film ICarus Stops For Breakfast is being developed and produced by WEIRD SISTERS
Productions. Holli is a writer and performer with Monologues and Madness series at NYC’s
Cornelia Street Café, a member of Ensemble Studio Theater NYC and a panelist for the
Bronx Council for the Arts for Playwrighting. She lives in New York City with her husband
and daughter, Beatrice.
ARLITIA JONES (Playwright: Tornado-World Premiere) Arlitia Jones is a poet, playwright,
and director, as well as co-founder of TossPot Productions in Anchorage, Alaska. Her short
play Tornado was chosen as a winner in the 38th Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival.
Come to me, Leopards received a workshop production in October 2013 at Cyrano’s Theatre.
Rush at Everlasting premiered at Perseverance Theatre in January 2014. Jones received
a 2014 Individual Artists Fellowship from the Rasmuson Foundation. She is a member of
the Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Playwrights’ Group. Her latest play Summerland will be
read in the Seattle Rep’s Showcase this June. She is resident alum at Hedgebrook and will
be a future resident at Djerassi this fall. She participated as an emerging playwright in the
2013 Director’s Lab at Lincoln Center. Jones is currently adapting A Christmas Carol for
Perseverance’s 2014/2015 season. In addition to her theatre work, Jones is also a haphazard blogger and author of one volume of poems, The Bandsaw Riots which won the 2001
Dorothy Brunsman Prize from Bear Star Press. Her poems have appeared in numerous
journals and publications and were featured on The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor.
Arlitia is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild of America. www.arlitia.com
DEB LACUSTA (Playwright: Shock and Awww-World Premiere) is a writer, improvisational
actress, and video artist. She has performed Improvisation as a member of The Spoilin
Players, and The Second City Alumni Jam in Los Angeles, as well as co-written and performed the acclaimed two-person show, Deb & Dan’s Show, with husband Dan Castellaneta
in Los Angeles. Her television writing includes numerous episodes of “The Simpsons” (including the WGA Award Nominated episode “Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore”), “The Tracey Ullman
Show,” and “The Simpsons Comic Books.” She directed, wrote, and starred in the independent improvisationally-based film starring Marlon Brando, which was collaboration with Dan
Castellaneta. Her theater projects include: Lock Up Grass at the Organic Theater in Chicago,
The August and The Statue at Bailiwick Theater in Chicago, and Earther and Pieces of Eight
in collaboration with Dan Castellaneta in Los Angeles. She, along with Dan Castellaneta,
founded the improv scenario group Instant Theater in Chicago, where they wrote, directed and
performed comedic one-act plays. Recently, their new play The Banana Tree (Bloomington
Playwrights Project, 2014) was part of an improv workshop with playwright Jeffrey Sweet. Her
musical, Empire Burlesque (with Dan Castellaneta and composer Laura Hall) was a 2010
Disney/ASCAP Musical Workshop selection. Her video performance work has been seen at
the UCLA Hammer Museum, MOCA North Miami, P.S.1 MOMA New York, Art Basel Miami
Beach, Vendanta Gallery in Chicago, Bart Wells Institute/London, and Deitch Projects in New
York. Born in Detroit, Deb has received her MFA from Art Center College of Design, BFA from
Otis College of Art, and BGS from the University of Michigan. In Chicago, Deb also worked as
a Copywriter/Producer for the advertising firms Foote Cone & Belding and DMB&B.
JOHN MINIGAN (Playwright: It’s The Jews-Southeastern Premiere) John has developed
scripts with the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and the New American Playwrights Project.
His plays have been selected for the Samuel French Best of Off-Off Broadway Festival, the
Boston Theater Marathon, the Snowdance Comedy Festival, SoBe Arts and the Boston Play
Cafe. His full-length Breaking the Shakespeare Code, nominated for the 2014 Elliot Norton
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Award, will premiere in New York City later this year. He is a member of the Dramatists
Guild. www.johnminigan.com
THEO REYNA (Playwright:The Scottish Play-This play had its World Premiere at Mad Cat
Theatre Company as part of their production Mixtape2: UMMAGUMMA FORZA ZUMMA)
Theo trained at NWSA and SMU where he received a BFA in Theatre. His writing credits
include Couch Play (SandBox at Miami Theater Center and Bread and Roses Pub, UK),
Party in the Pit (co-writer for Man Research Theatre), Gerald Ford Superfreak (co-writer
for South Beach Comedy Festival at The Fillmore) and Knowledge and Noise (SandBox at
Miami Theater Center) which was selected as part of the SandBox Series supported by a
Knight Arts Challenge Grant.
PAUL RUDNICK (Playwright: My Husband-Previously produced by City Theatre in its
2012 Broward Center production of Standing On Ceremony) Paul’s plays have been
produced on and off Broadway and around the world. They include Valhalla, The Most
Fabulous Story Ever Told, Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach; Pride and Joy, The Naked
Eye, I Hate Hamlet, and Jeffrey for which he won an Obie, an Outer Critics Circle Award,
and the John Gassner Playwriting Award. His novels are “Social Disease” and “I’ll Take
It,” both published by Knopf. His articles and essays have appeared in “The New Yorker,”
“Esquire,” “Vogue,” “Vanity Fair,” and “The New York Times.” He is rumored to be quite
close to “Premiere” magazine’s film critic, Libby Gelman-Waxner, whose collected columns
have been published under the title “If You Ask Me.” His screenplays include “Addams
Family Values,” the screen adaptation of “Jeffrey” and “In & Out.”
STEVE YOCKEY (Playwright: Joshua Consumed An Unfortunate Pear-World Premiere) Mr.
Yockey is a Los Angeles based writer with work produced throughout the country, in Europe
and Asia. Afterlife, Octopus, Large Animal Games, CARTOON, Subculture, Very Still & Hard
to See, The Fisherman’s Wife, and Wolves are published & available from Samuel French.
This season, Pluto will open at Actor’s Express (Atlanta), Know Theatre (Cincinnati), Forum
Theatre (Washington D.C.), and Orlando Shakespeare Theatre (Orlando). The Thrush & The
Woodpecker will also premiere in the 2014 SOURCE Festival in Washington, DC. Steve is
a Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Georgia and holds an
MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (2008). He was one of two writers selected for the first US/Australia playwright exchange in February 2013, sponsored by
NNPN and Playwriting Australia and is the recipient of the 2013 LA Weekly Playwriting Award
for Very Still & Hard to See. Steve writes on the MTV series “Awkward” and is currently adapting Simon Doonan’s Confessions of a Window Dresser and Zenescope’s Monster Hunters’
Survival Guide for Relativity. He is also at work on the eOne/SyFy television reboot of the
Stephen King & George Romero 80s cult horror hit “Creepshow”.
PRESTON BIRCHER (Lighting Designer) Preston is from a show business family, and was
raised backstage. He was handed his first stage light to hang at the age of 10, and has been
going ever since! Starting at the age of 7, his mother put him onstage in her shows as a way
to have ‘family time’. In the 70’s he performed in the National Tour of THE WIZARD OF OZ,
directed by Christopher Plummer and starring Susan Watson and Bobo Lewis, as well as
OLIVER!, starring Vincent Price as Fagin. His professional lighting career began in the late
70’s at Six Flags over Texas and Six Flags’ Magic Mountain. 100’s of shows later; he then
started a 23-year career with Carnival Cruise Lines; producing and designing over 120 shows!
Preston is back in the ‘real world’ of theatre, and won a Best Lighting Carbonell Award for
Best Play; The Timekeepers at Island City Stage. At Island City Stage he has designed Shorts
Gone Wild (with City Theater) & Secrets of the Trade. At Empire Stage; The Santaland Diaries
and Making Porn. He is the Resident Lighting Designer at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan,
and designed Rags, Dirty Blonde, Music of the Night & Cougar—the Musical.
MATT COREY (Sound Designer) Matt earned both his Bachelor and Master of Music
degrees in bassoon performance at the University of Miami, and currently performs in the
Boca Raton Symphonia. He is the resident sound designer for GableStage, and a member
Who’s Who
of Mad Cat Theatre Company. He has earned Carbonell Awards for his designs of The
Pillowman, Talk Radio, Broadsword, Blasted and most recently The Birds. By day, Matt is
the CEO of Insight for the Blind in Fort Lauderdale, a 38-year-old charity devoted to recording books and magazines for the blind and physically handicapped.
JODI DELLAVENTURA (Set Designer) Jodi is a graduate from the University of Miami
where she received a BFA in Scenic Design. Scenic design credits include: The Great God
Pan, Fear Up Harsh and The Savannah Disputation (Zoetic Stage), The Last Schwartz
(Parade Productions), SUMMER SHORTS 2013 and Standing On Ceremony (City Theatre),
Harlem Duet(TheM Ensemble), Chitterling Heights and Going To See The Elephants (The
Women’s Theatre Project) and Our Town and Rent at The Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. Jodi
is currently the master carpenter at the University of Miami’s Ring Theatre.
BRANDY DEMIL (Production Stage Manager) Brandy is delighted to be back for her third
year with Summer Shorts. A Florida native, she has been lucky enough to work in regional
theatre, for The Santa Fe Opera and on several national tours. She is also a Production
Stage Manager for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, where she will be returning in October for her
ninth season. Some of her favorite credits include : 12 Angry Men, directed by Frank Galati,
Cabaret, directed by B.T. McNichol, Hello Dolly!, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Dial
M for Murder, directed by J. Barry Lewis, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia at Theatre Virginia, and
the tours of West Side Story and Spider-Man Live!. Brandy would like to thank her family for
their support and love. She is a member of Actor’s Equity Association.
KATHERINE PAEZ (Assistant Stage Manager/Production Manager Dr. Wonderful) is
thrilled to be returning to City Theatre for her fourth season! Having started as an intern
years ago, she thanks City Theatre wholeheartedly for starting her career in South Florida
on the right foot and for getting her the connections to make all her dreams come true!
Special thanks to Mom, Dad, and my darling John for all their support through the years!
Check out www.katherinepaez.com for more information! Visit www.katherinepaez.com.
SANDRA PORTAL-ANDREU (Choreographer) Sandra is a Miami native of Cuban/
Colombian decent who began her dance experience at the Mirochnik Ballet Institute.
She received a B.F.A. in Dance from Florida State University and a M.S. in Movement
Sciences from Barry University. She is faculty at the New World School of the Arts. Her
performance credits includes: Arts Ballet Theatre of South Florida, Josee Garant Dance,
Florida Grand Opera’s “AIDA” and Miami City Ballet’s “Lounge 2200”. This is Sandra’s
fourth season with City Theatre! Additional choreographic credits include: “Deep Surface:
An Homage to the Sea”, The Naked Stage “Nerve” and Dara Friedman’s “Dancer”. She
loves the theatre, her husband, 2 little homies and Cuban café.
NATALIE TAVERAS (Production Manager) is very happy to return to City Theatre Summer
Shorts for a second consecutive year. She recently worked as Production Manager with
Zoetic Stage on the production of Savannah Disputation, Fear Up Harsh, Assassins, Clark
Gable Slept Here and The Great God Pan as well as assisting the scenic build of I Am My
Own Wife, in collaboration with Bombshell Productions where she worked as Production
Manager. Natalie is a graduate of the University of Miami where she received a BFA in
Scenic Design. She currently works as Assistant Technical Director and Resident Designer
at Barry University.
ELLIS TILLMAN (Costume Designer) is excited to return for this seasons Summer Shorts.
He is the resident designer for Actors’ Playhouse and GableStage. He has won 3 Carbonell
Awards and this year was nominated for Ruthless the Musical and The Fox on the Fairway.
He was also nominated for a Barrymore Award in Philadelphia for Enchanted April at the
Walnut Street Theatre. Costumes for Bermuda Avenue Triangle with Bea Arthur won him
the coveted Drama Logue Award at the Tiffany Theatre in Los Angeles. Mr. Tillman made
his Broadway debut as Costume Designer for Urban Cowboy the Musical.
Carnival Studio Theater
(on the Susan Westfall Playwrights Stage)
June 18 – July 2, 2014
City Theatre, Orlando Repertory Theatre and the
Adrienne Arsht Center
Present
Book and lyrics by Lauren Gunderson
Music by Brian Lowdermilk
Directed by Jeff Revels
Sponsored by
This play was commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts and was first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2011 Season.
Producing Artistic Director: John Manzelli
Musical Director: Dave Nagy
Choreographer: Sandra Portal-Andreu
Production Manager: Katherine Paez
Set & Properties Design: Tramaine Berryhill
Sound Design: Matt Corey
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Dr. Wonderful............................................................................. Jessica Sanford
Newton (Her Dog)................................................................ Christian Vandepas
Mom............................................................................................... Carolina Pozo
Ben......................................................................... Bruno Vida, Brandon Osorio*
SETTING
Dr. Wonderful’s Lab, Detective Agency, and Outer Space
SONGS
Prologue
Science Is Everywhere
Mom In A Weird Hat
Super Science Man
We’re a Team
Supah-Stah
We’ll Build a Spaceship
When Something Is Closer
Solar Means Sun
Solar Fusion
The Spacetastic Mind Mobile
Rocking The Science
Planets
I-Know-I-Know-I-Know
Wow
Finale-Science Is Everywhere
The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful (and Her Dog)
is performed without an intermission.
The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful (and Her Dog!) study guide is provided with permission
from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, June 18 - July 2, 2014
*Saturday June 21st and Saturday June 28th performances only
Who’s Who
JESSICA SANFORD (Dr. Wonderful) Jessica is thrilled to spend another summer with City
Theatre and Orlando Repertory Theatre producing a fun-filled children’s musical, having played
Ellie McSnelly in last summer’s production of The Brand New Kid. She recently received her
B.F.A in Music Theater from New World School of the Arts/University of Florida. Past New World
credits include her original one-person show, Does Anyone Love Like Lucy? as well as The
Beaux Stratagem (Cherry), Top Girls (Patient Griselda/Win), Spring Awakening (Ilse), Antigone
(Ismene), Red Hot and Cole (Linda Porter), I Love You…Now Change (Rose Ritz) and Reasons
to be Pretty (Carly).
CHRISTIAN VANDEPAS (Newton (the dog)) is thrilled to be returning to City Theatre! Recently
he was in their production of Shorts 4 Kids and City Theatre’s production of Katie Couric’s The
Brand New Kid (Lazlo). Recently he was in Sweeney Todd at Slow Burn Theatre (Anthony) and
was a guest artist in New World School of the Arts’ production of Cabaret (Emcee), Avenue Q
(Nickie/Trekkie) at Slow Burn Theatre, and Broward Stage Door’s production of A Shayna Maidel
(Duvid). Other credits: Spring Awakening (George), Drowsy Chaperone (Man in Chair), The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (William Barfee), Reasons To Be Pretty (Greg), I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change (Ensemble), and The History Boys (Irwin). He performed an original one-person show Until Then. He has also performed in numerous productions at Broward
College. He recently received his B.F.A. in Music Theatre at New World School of the Arts. He
thanks his parents, his sister Lauren, and Idalmy for all their love and support.
CAROLINA POZO (Mom) “Never give up on something you can’t stop dreaming about!” a quote
often heard from the Miami native and daughter of Cuban immigrants, Carolina Pozo. She is a
proud graduate from Florida International University, where she received her Bachelors in Fine
Arts in Theatre. During her enrollment at FIU, Caro made use of her summer breaks and attended
various training programs and workshops such as: NYU’s Tisch Cap21 summer program, New
York Film Academy for Acting, and Dolphin Digital Media Acting Workshops. She has performed
in various plays, musicals, and independent films as well as commercials, TV segments, and
fashion shows. Recent Theatre credits: The Donkey Show, as (Dimitriy/Vinnie), Marvelous
Wonderettes, (Cindy Lou), Blithe Spirit, (Elvira), Reefer Madness, (Sally). She has been featured
at the, Borsht Film Fest, O-Cinema Film Fest, Canes Film Fest, and the Hoxton Film Fest.“ I am
forever grateful for my family and friends for their undying support. You are my rock. Elephant
Shoe - I Love You. Thank you, to Dolphin Digital Media, Universal Casting, ActTrue, and my vocal
coach, Jeanette Hopkins, for your training and support. You all continue to better my craft’. For
more information please visit, www.CarolinaPozo.com.
BRUNO VIDA (Ben) is a 2013 Carbonell Award nominee for his performance in Next to Normal
(Gabe) with Slow Burn Theatre Company. He is ecstatic to be returning to all the science fun
that is Dr. Wonderful as Ben. He thanks his awesome cast and crew for being the best and such
joy to be around! He also thanks the love and support of his amazing friends, family and Slow
Burn family who give him the drive to continue to fight for his dreams. Let’s learn some science!
JEFF REVELS (Director) Jeff is the Artistic Director of Orlando Repertory Theatre, a professional theater for family and young audiences. He has directed many productions including Junior
Claus; Lyle The Crocodile; Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!: Click, Clack, Moo:
Cows That Type; The Berenstain Bears Onstage: A Bear Country Musical; Junie B. Jones and
a Little Monkey Business, How I Became A Pirate; The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood;
Blue’s Clues Live, The Emperor’s New Clothes, All Shook Up, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,
and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. He directed last year’s Florida tour of Katie Couric’s, The
Brand New Kid with City Theatre. Jeff is currently writing and co-directing a large-scale Christmas
event for the city of Manuas, Brazil that is also televised to millions across Brazil. Jeff received the
“Distinguished Career in Theatre for Youth” from the Florida Theatre Conference and has been
recognized by United Arts as “Arts Educator of the Year” numerous times. He is a graduate of
Winthrop University and serves on many arts committees and adjudicates performances regionally and nationally. Jeff is the founder of Conway Cares, an initiative that provides weekend food
for 150 schoolchildren per week and an active member of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA,
Americans for the Arts, American Alliance for Theatre and Education, First Presbyterian Church
Orlando and a graduate of Leadership Orlando.
Who’s Who
LAUREN GUNDERSON (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright living in San Francisco.
She studied at Emory University and NYU’s Tisch School of Performing Arts where she was
a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. Her work has been produced and developed at
companies across the US including South Coast Repertory, Emilie, Silent Sky, The Kennedy
Center, The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful And Her Dog!, Berkeley Rep, San Francisco
Playhouse, Marin Theatre, The Magic, Actors Express, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland
Center Stage, Second Stage, Playwrights Foundation, The Lark, and The O’Neill Fire Work.
Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight is published with Sam French. The first
play in her Shakespeare Cycle, Exit, Pursued By A Bear, is now published with Playscripts, as is
the second, Toil and Trouble. She is a Playwright in Residence at The Playwrights Foundation,
and a proud Dramatists Guild member. LaurenGunderson.com and @LalaTellsAStory.
BRIAN LOWDERMILK (Composer) made his off-Broadway debut with an adaptation of Henry
and Mudge, written with playwright Kait Kerrigan. Other Kerrigan-Lowdermilk collaborations
include Republic, Flash of Time, The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, Tales
from the Bad Years, The Woman Upstairs, Wrong Number, and The Freshman Experiment. Their
debut album, Our First Mistake, peaked at #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart. Their new
album, Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, documents a concert tour that resulted from their breakout
$35,000 Kickstarter campaign; the album will be released this spring. Lowdermilk’s work has been
developed and produced at theaters across the country including Lincoln Center, The Kennedy
Center, The Kimmel Center, Goodspeed Musicals, La Jolla Playhouse, Manhattan TheatreClub,
York Theatre and Primary Stages. He is a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award, the Richard
Rodgers Award, the Alan Menken Award, a Dramatists Guild Fellowship and a MacDowell
Colony Fellowship. Lowdermilk is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, a
co-founder of the digital sheet music company NewMusicalTheatre.com, and a proud member of
the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP. www.kerrigan-lowdermilk.com
SANDRA PORTAL-ANDREU (Choreographer) Please see Sandra’s bio under Summer Shorts
Who’s Who.
TRAMAINE BERRYHILL (Set Designer) Tramaine is the Technical Director at Orlando Repertory
Theatre. A Miami native and UCF alumnus, Tramaine recently received his MFA in Theatre
Technology from The University of Texas at Austin. His recent work includes Assistant Technical
Direction in San Diego, California at The Old Globe Theatre’s 2011 Season. “I am excited about
the opportunity to do what I love. I think of scenery as playhouses or adult jungle gyms for directors and actors to explore. My goal is that our scenery can express that joy.”
DAVID NAGY (Musical Director) is happy to be working with City Theater again this season.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, David moved to the South Florida area in the 1980’s
where he has been working in the music and theater scene ever since. He has three times won
the Carbonell Award for Best Musical Direction for productions of Jacques Brel, Smokey Joe’s
Café and Urinetown the Musical. As an actor, he has appeared in such shows as Company,
The Mystery of Edwin Drood and How to Succeed in Business… As a composer, David has
written vocal, choral and instrumental works, as well as the scores for two musicals, Gateway to
Tomorrow (commissioned for the centennial of the City of Miami) and The Shop on Main Street.
David is organist and choir director at Miami Shores
SUSAN WESTFALL (Co- Founder and Literary Director) Susi is the co-founder and Literary
Director of City Theatre and a professional playwright. City Theatre is a professional theater
company dedicated to the short form play, and Summer Shorts is America’s Short Play Festival.
As City Theatre’s Literary Director Westfall supervises City Theatre’s outreach to playwrights,
agents and publishers; coordinates the City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting which
recognizes and awards excellence in writing for the short play genre through annual submissions
of 900+ play; contributes to the play selections for company readings, programs and productions;
programs and coordinates CityWrights: Professional Week for Playwrights, a national playwright
conference held during Summer Shorts that brings together local, regional, national playwrights
and other artists together for creative and professional development. Westfall’s plays include
Two Weekends, Feel The Tango, Look At Me (Heideman Finalist, published in “Best Short Plays
2011”), Rats, The Boy From Russia, Uprising, The Wedding Party, Passing Through (Heideman
Who’s Who
Finalist), With the Patience of Angels (Heideman Finalist), 1962, You Are Here, and Voices at
the Mary Elizabeth Hotel. She has participated several times in the Miami Dade County Dept. of
Cultural Affairs Playwright Development Program; was recipient of a Florida Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship; a Remy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre by the Theatre League
of South Florida. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, The Playwrights Center,
Theatre Communications Group, and the Theatre League of South Florida. Susan is a native
Miamian, holds a BFA in Playwriting from FSU, and lives on Key Biscayne with husband, Alan
Fein, and sons Jake and Pete.
JOY FINER (Director of Operations) Prior to joining City Theatre, Joy was the Operations Director
at Actors’ Playhouse and previously worked as Development and Special Events Manager at the
Coconut Grove Playhouse. Before moving to Miami she was Marketing and Development Director
at the Orpheum Foxbourgh Theatre in Massachusetts and was a member of the Massachusetts
Cultural Arts Council for ten years. As an active member of the Miami community, Joy is a Board
Member of the American Cancer Society, Miami Dade Unit and has been an active volunteer with
the East Kendall Relay for Life.
MELODY FAKHOURIE (Director of Development) is originally from Delaware where her love for
the arts began as a child studying musical theatre and vocal music at its premier Cab Calloway
School of the Performing Arts. Melody attended Widener University where she focused on Legal
Studies and subsequently worked with Delaware’s DOJ State Attorney’s Office for 5 years.
Melody has worked within this arts community since her journey to Miami in 2009, currently
serves as City Theatre’s Director of Development and also works with The Children’s Trust.
CITY THEATRE 2014 BOARD & STAFF
CITY THEATRE
444 Brickell Avenue, Suite 229 • Miami, Florida 33131
305.755.9401 phone • 305.755.9404 fax • www.citytheatre.com
CITY THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alan Fein���������������������������������������������������Chairman
Kelly Ruane Melchiondo����������������������������Secretary
Gentle L. Barnett
Andy Elisburg
David Rothstein
Christine Biggers
Michael Fichman
Geri Satin
Cristina Blanco Kulisic
Gail Garrison
Barry Steinman*
Adair Bush*
E. Stetson Clines
Ed Stone
Clint Bush
Eric Jellson
Patricia Woodson
Christine M. Chavers
John Manzelli
*in memoriam
CITY THEATRE STAFF
Producing Artistic Director���������������������������������������������������������������� John Manzelli
Literary Director........................................................................... Susan J. Westfall
Director of Operations������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Joy Finer
Director of Development..............................................................Melody Fakhourie
Assistant Artistic Director............................................................... Mcley Lafrance
Counsel....................................... Stearns Weaver Miller Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
Accountant���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Ernest Porter
Public Relations................................................................................. Brooke Noble
Graphic Design...................................................................................... Paul Noble
Website Design................................................................................... Kenny Wynn
CITY THEATRE 2014 SUPPORTERS
Title Sponsor since 1996
Government Support
The Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended
by the Broward County Cultural Council: Regional Investment Program Grant
The Mayor and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs: Cultural Advancement Grant
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs: Youth Arts Enrichment Program
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs: Tourist Development Council
City of Coral Gables, Miami–Dade County School Board
Corporate Support
Apollo Bank, Aventura Limousine, Bacardi, Benihana, Colson Hicks Eidson,
Courtyard Marriott, Dimond Kaplan and Rothstein, EPIC Hotel,
Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A., Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, Miami HEAT,
Sabadell United Bank, Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A.
Foundation Support
Carnival Foundation, Citizens Interested in Arts, Dramatists Guild Fund,
Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Alan Fein and Susan Westfall Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Illick (EPIK Foundation),
Key Biscayne Community Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,
Miami Heat Charitable Fund at the Miami Foundation, Wille Family Foundation
Arts Partners
Arts & Business Council, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, ArtServe,
Barry University Department of Fine Arts, Broward Center for the Performing Arts,
Books and Books, Dramatists Guild of America, Empire Stage, Equality Florida,
GableStage, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, Island City Stage
Joseph Caleb Center Miami Dade, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Orlando Repertory Theatre
Samuel French Publishing, South Florida Theatre League
Straz Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center, WLRN
Individual Support
Mike Aixala & Brigitte Nachtigall-Aixala, Mr. Gentle L. Barnett, Esq., Ms. Christine Biggers, Mr. Alex Broun,
Drs. Adair & Clint Bush, Ms. Cheryl Dunn Bychek, Mr. & Mrs. John Breslin, Ms. Christine Chavers, Ms. Nancy Cohen,
Ms. Danielle Corbett, Mr. Michael Cox, Mr. Andrew Elisburg, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Elisberg,
Mr. Alan Fein and Ms. Susan J. Westfall, Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fichman,
Dr. Lawrence Feldman, Miami-Dade County School Board, Ms. Judy Fox – In Memory of Barry J. Steinman,
Mr. E. Stetson Glines, Joe & Lucy Hassan, Jay & Elysze Held, Ms. Tana G. Henderson,
Ms. Susan J. Johnson – In Memory of Barry J. Steinman, Dr. Martin Karp, Miami-Dade County School Board,
Ms. Cristina Blanco Kulisic, Ms. Gyla Laurie, Mr. John Manzelli and Ms. Jennifer Hamble, Ms. Kelly Ruane Melchiondo,
Mr. Richard C. Milstein, Mr. Patrick G. Morris, Mr. Robert Mulder – In Memory of Barry J. Steinman,
Dr. Marta Perez, Miami-Dade County School Board, Ms. Stephanie Norman – In Memory of Barry J. Steinman,
Ms. Raquel Regalado, Miami-Dade County School Board, Dr. Lynne & Mr. M. John Richard,
Ms. Paula Rothenberg – In Honor of Susan J. Westfall, Mr. David Rothstein, Esq, Mr. Jim Ruane, Ms. Geri Satin,
Mr. Christopher Schram, Ms. Virginia Shuker, E. Dunan and Marilyn Steinman – In Memory of Barry J. Steinman,
St. Thomas Aquinas High School – In Memory of Barry J. Steinman, Ms. Ann Swaner, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stone,
Mr. James Tompkins, Mr. David Treece, Mr. Michael Troner, In Memory of Jack and Bette Westfall,
Mr. George Wentzler, Mr. John Westfall, Ms. Lynn Wiener, Mr. Stuart Ames & Sandra L. Winter,
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wood, Ms. Patricia Woodson, Mr. & Mrs. Eric S. Woolworth
Listing reflects all donations received as of June 1, 2013.